César Civita
César Civita, born Cesare Civita (September 4, 1905 — April 9, 2005), was an Italian Argentine publisher, who in 1936 became general manager of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore in Italy. Following passage of the 1938 Race Laws, he emigrated with his family to New York to escape the discriminatory restrictions.He moved with his family again in 1941 to Buenos Aires, becoming Walt Disney's representative in Argentina and founding Editorial Abril that year. By the 1960s, his publishing house produced nine magazines.His brother Victor Civita emigrated to Brazil, where he established Editora Abril in São Paulo in 1949. It developed into Grupo Abril, one of the largest publishing houses in the country.
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| Birth date | September 04, 1905 |
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| Date of death | April 09, 2005 |
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